Just thought that maybe all those sunless days actually make for better pictures..more vibrant colours and also more ethereal. The eagle pics on the poles is calendar worthy!! As are others. Gotta be a good reason it rained so much. Makes ya feel better anyway to rationalize it, eh?
Did you use the 1/4 turn knob for your fuel pacs on top of the Jesses or only straps? If just straps I assume they kept the gas-filled containers from shifting? To use the OEM mounting 1/4 turn knob would require one to drill the jesse lids? Or use a flat bolt-on luggage rack on top of the Jesse's first? Any thoughts on this. Did you have the pacs filled with gas all the time?
3rd question: what weight, approx., did each bike carry in gear?

Did you use the 1/4 turn knob for your fuel pacs on top of the Jesses or only straps? If just straps I assume they kept the gas-filled containers from shifting? To use the OEM mounting 1/4 turn knob would require one to drill the jesse lids? Or use a flat bolt-on luggage rack on top of the Jesse's first? Any thoughts on this. Did you have the pacs filled with gas all the time?
3rd question: what weight, approx., did each bike carry in gear?

To be honest we started out with the paks attached to the Jesse racks on each side bags using rok straps. But then all we did was lay the paks under our dry bag on the seat and the used rok straps to secure the dry bag and that kept the gas paks safe and secure. That was a better set up in the end. So, if you are only using the extra gas on long trips and have a set up similar to ours you should not need to use any mount period. We had them filled when we knew we were going to need gas and also at times we would carry gas just in case. But up there gas stations we close enough most of the time.

Never weighed out luggage, probably should next time to really know how much weight we are carrying. I would guess that each of use including luggage and gear added about an extra 110 LBS to each bike at most. Cheryl's bike might have been a bit heavier since she had most of the tools.

Since we wore the KLIM Traverse on our trip...we thought it would be prudent of us to post on the RR the new gear that they are coming out with this fall 2011. WE love our KLIM gear and don't get paid to wear it nor do we get it for free. Just like a company who listens to their buyers and what riders have to say. They made two new suits and both have what many of us are looking for in a Gore Tex jacket and pant. Badlands and Latitude.

Both are DS adventure ready, waterproof on the outside, breathable and sweet looking with great protection. Not cheap but seems like there is a suit now for everyone's budget. the Papa suit the Adventure Rally, Badlands, Latitude and Traverse. Awesome line up!

Now that the Triumph experience is behind us we will still keep our BLOG but with a different name and focus...may lose some Triumph lovers but may gain some BMW riders at the same time. It's been a real interesting journey and hope to see some of you around the BLOG in the near future. Back to reality as they say.

This was the first RR I could follow from being to end..Me and the guys @ Delta Airlines here in ATL GA. Have been enjoying your posts and pictures. You truly did an awesome job. Thank You for sharing your exciting adventure. It will be hard to top...

Been following from the start. Just chiming in now because it looks like you went over 1,000 posts. Great job with the RR generated great interest. I hope it translated into support for you cause.

I think it has raised awareness for sure. We met so many people who have family somewhere on the Spectrum it was more than we thought. So, thanks and we sure hope the RR and ride in general brought some enlightenment regarding Autism.

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Cheryl/Lesie,

This was the first RR I could follow from being to end..Me and the guys @ Delta Airlines here in ATL GA. Have been enjoying your posts and pictures. You truly did an awesome job. Thank You for sharing your exciting adventure. It will be hard to top...

Be Safe Fred.

Delta airlines??? Cool, nice to know we could entertain you a bit down South. Thanks for tagging along!

Nice wrap-up to the RR! What a great adventure. Just out of curiosity, how much were you able to raise through this effort?

not as much as we had hoped but not to shabby...around $5000. The charity we were riding for never did this type of fund raising before and when their facebook gal took holidays as well as their PR person they forgot to do their own awareness to help our ride. We would do this again for them but they said they would do better with media and social media sources to help us get the word out. We did what we could and do believe we raised awareness and the $$ was decent for our first time out I think.

I have read all your RR's and glad you stumbled upon our little thread... We wish we could do trips like this more often but as you know real life. Going away this weekend for a fall ride down to the Olympia Peninsula. 2 nights are better than none. Thanks for stopping by!